Krenkerup is an old manor house located 3 km (2 mi) southwest of
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing (), previously spelled Sakskjøbing, is a town with a population of 4,595 (1 January 2022).Lolland. It is one of Denmark's oldest estates and manors, documented as early as the 1330s. Between 1815 and 1938, it was known as ''Hardenberg''.
History and architecture
The three-winged building stands on a narrow, rectangular mound surrounded by a moat. The original stone house from 1490 was extended by statesman
Mogens Gøye
Mogens Gøye (surname also spelled Gøje at Lollands-Herregaarde.dk or Gjøe) (ca. 1470 †...
with three new wings, forming an enclosed courtyard. A tower was added on the west side. In 1631, Palle Rosenkrantz built an extra storey on the north wing and an octagonal tower on the southeast corner. The south wing was destroyed by fire in 1689 and never rebuilt. The entire complex was renovated in 1780. From 1815 to 1838, Krenkerup was known as Hardenberg.
In 1731, the
Reventlow
Reventlow is the name of a Holstein and Mecklenburg Dano-German noble family, which belongs to the Equites Originarii Schleswig-Holstein. Alternate spellings include Revetlo, Reventlo, Reventlau, Reventlou, Reventlow, Refendtlof and Reffentloff ...
s established a family property consisting of Krenkerup, Rosenlund and Nørregård which in 1815 became the countyship of Hardenberg-Reventlow, including the subsidiary estates of Nielstrup, Sæbyholm and Christiansdal. It was dissolved in 1924.
Covering an area of , the estate is one of the largest in Denmark. Today it is an active agricultural concern and also houses a brewery and the only professional full size polo field in Denmark.
Mogens Gøye
Mogens Gøye (surname also spelled Gøje at Lollands-Herregaarde.dk or Gjøe) (ca. 1470 †...
* (1544)
Birgitte Gøye
Birgitte Gøye (1511 - 26 July 1574) was a Danish county administrator, lady in waiting, landholder and noble, co-founder and principal of Herlufsholm School.
Biography
She was the daughter of Mogens Gøye and Mette Bydelsbak and the sister ...
(married name: Trolle)
* (1544–1558) Albrecht Gøye
* (1558–1594) Margrethe Albrechtsdatter Gøye, (married name: Brahe)
* (1558–1566) Otte Gøye
* (1558–?) Margrethe Gøye, (married name: Brahe)
* (? –1610) Peder Brahe
* (1610–1613) Axel Brahe
* (1613–1622) Otte Pedersen Brahe
* (1613–1622) Elisabeth Rosensparre (married names: Brahe, Rosenkrantz)
* (1622–1642) Palle Rosenkrantz
* (1642–1649) Lisbeth Lunge (married name: Rosenkrantz)
* (1649–1660) Jørgen Rosenkrantz
* (1660–1665) Mette Rosenkrantz
* (1660–1677) Birgitte Rosenkrantz (married name: Skeel)
* (1660–1680) Johan Rantzau
* (1660–1680) Jørgen Rantzau
* (1660–1680) Palle Rantzau
* (1677–1695) Jørgen Skeel
* (1695–1700) Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff (married names: Skeel, Reventlow)
* (1700–1738) Christian Ditlev Reventlow
* (1718–1739) Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff (married names: Skeel, Reventlow)
* (1739–1750) Conrad Detlev Reventlow
* (1750–1759) Christian Ditlev Reventlow
* (1759–1774) Juliane Frederikke Christiane Reventlow (married name: Hardenberg)
* (1774–1788) Carl August Hardenberg
* (1788–1793) Juliane Frederikke Christiane Reventlow
* (1793–1840) Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow
* (1840–1867) Ida Augusta Hardenberg-Reventlow, (married names: Holck, Gersdorff, D'Almaforte)
* (1867–1885) Carl Ludvig August Rudolph Holck-Hardenberg-Reventlow
* (1885–1903) Princess Lucie of Schönaich-Carolath, (married name: Haugwitz)
* (1903–1921) Heinrich Bernhard Carl Paul Georg Curt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow
* (1921–1970) Henrik Ludwig Erdmann Georg Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow
* (1970–2011) Rupert Gorm Reventlow-Grinling
* (2003–present) Patrick Reventlow-Grinling